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Let's return to a classic AMAK thought experiment, painstakingly choosing idols to fit into a fantasy group! And this time we're doing mixed gender groups!! We both approached the assignment very differently, resulting in some last minute changes (Angelica gets to make 2 groups cause Shannon is bad at rules) Which of these groups would you want to see the most? Who would be in your fantasy group! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's Deep Dive is celebrating 25 years since the debut of Kpop's first ever girl group, Baby V.O.X. The girl group who on one hand, was greatly responsible for the creation of 'Hallyu', and on the other hand had more anti-fans than anyone else. What did they do? Exist as women of course. Hear all about the early member changes (including a member hiding a huge secret), concept experiments, wild hairstyles, violence over dating rumors and so much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The song that swept the entire world in the summer of July 2012 is 10 years old this week, so we're dedicating an entire episode to Gangnam Style! We break down every bit of the song, the mv, the dance, Psy's whirlwind experience with the global media, controversies and the endless amount of parodies. Finishing it all off with a viewing of the legendary video itself. Do you remember where you were the first time you saw it? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, tune in to hear our live 'meet the hosts' Q&A segment from this year's KPSN Podcast Festival! Learn what we'd steal from each other's closets, our fangirl lives before Kpop, how we deal with ugly questions from 'locals', which idols we'd want to help us move house, and so much more. Thanks to everyone who tuned in live, and everyone who made this possible by sending in these great questions! You can still donate to KPSN's charity cause, the National Alliance for Mental Illness for the rest of July with this link: https://donate.nami.org/fundraiser/3783658 Even $1 goes a long way to reaching the goal. Thank you! zaJJK3F050k4xKr9phdB See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Summer! For this week's episode, we're taking a look at the 6 summer 'family' albums that SM Entertainment released between 2002-2009. Who was featured on these albums? What did the songs sound like? How much fun do you think they all had wrestling in the pool? Why haven't they done one of these albums for 13 years?!? All those questions and a lot of very cheesy summer music ahead!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the full audio version where you can hear the video. Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let's watch along to another interestingly curated MBC playlist of the hit Kpop stages from 10 years ago! This is the version with only our commentary, sync up the video to watch! Link to video: https://youtu.be/M4WMmZk_PGM See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After many a rescheduling, we were finally able to use the Monsta X tickets we purchased 28 months ago and see our beloveds live and in person! Hear our experience of our first time with FLOOR SEATS and who won sexiest Monsta of the evening. As always we've got detailed outfit descriptions and our best recollection of the show as colored by the fog of our love and excitement and rapidly fading phone batteries. Plus, a voice message from a listener who saw them in a different city. Come back to us soon Monsta X! We miss you already! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Okay we're doing it! We're revisiting and updating an episode we did 4 years ago! Enough time has passed that it feels safe to put some brackets around what we consider 'the 3rd generation' of Kpop. Just as we did all those years ago in episodes 18 and 19, we will take a look at how music videos, concerts, fan engagement, concepts, scandals and more, differed from the generations before. What do you think of the 3rd Gen? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we posed a challenge for our Seasoned Fan Patreon Patrons, what is the "one" Kpop video for you? The single video you would show to a complete stranger who is asking you about Kpop. A Kpop 'elevator pitch' per se. We watched 14 different video submissions over on our Patreon, and then we came here to find out why each listener chose their one video, and then discuss the Kpop merits of each! Join our Patreon to see video reactions to these songs and get so much other content! patreon.com/amakpoppod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's episode is probably a topic we should have covered 190 episodes or so ago, but we're doing it now! It's time to talk about stage names! We studied stage names from a ton of random groups throughout all time to give us a good picture of where stage names come from, and the patterns and categories they often fall into. Then, we take a quiz to find out our Kpop stage names. What's your favorite stage name in Kpop? **This episode included an upsetting recording error resulting in maybe not the most amazing steady audio you've ever heard and we're really sorry please be nice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We got to see TWICE in a really big stadium with so many people!!! Listen to our tired and brain melted recap recorded the morning after that may be slightly jumbled, but we got the main point across. Which is that TWICE is really amazing and we're so happy we saw them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode topic was silly and ill-advised but we did it anyway. For some reason we decided to watch 25 covers of the 2008 TVXQ! song "Mirotic" in a row. Let us tell you about them. Pray that we will get the song out of our heads eventually. Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P75UHAjVCgtGnBhMWUIh_ss See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello darlings, time was not on our side this week to give you a regular episode, but we couldn't leave you empty handed. So we're releasing this Patreon exclusive Queendom recap out into the world for free! And never fear loyal patrons who already listened, this ep includes a new intro and ends with a random game and recommendations as always. More Queendom recap episodes + so much fun video content waiting for you right now at patreon.com/amakpoppod - Thanks to everyone for your support as always! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's movie time again! Seventeen put on an encore presentation of their new movie Power Of Love: The Movie and we got to see it! Listen to us describe the whole movie to you, before we hear from a whole bunch of Alike Carats from all over the world and all their thoughts!! Cheers to more Kpop concert movies and manifesting SVT World Tour for everyone!!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! First let's check in on the results of our song battles from episode 200. Then, we've got our producer spotlight back out to learn all we can about the works of the hitmaker duo, Black Eyed Pilseung. With an intro to them as partners and a little skip through their career with stops at some of the biggest or most interesting songs. Finishing out with each of us naming our top 5 BEP songs of all time. What are your favorites? Episode Playlists: Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5E1dSHfk7XgpuV96Fgxjnh?si=ec536229675243c0 YouTube- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P44gnAVcOQR2tqrpTx8WWLu Discography spreadsheet for my fellow nerds: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/167TThRfF_d2Jz-ihcALQTaKOVdQYa4qcyxbrEvzHbq8/edit?usp=sharing See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to a new era of AMAK! We've got a new theme song and we're ready to roll! This week to celebrate 200, we worked our way down from a huge list of Kpop songs with a "2" in the title, into 5 mini-battle match ups. Listen to us make a case for each song, and then vote here to make your pick! https://forms.gle/QCi1zYMdStzDU7VPA Thank you to everyone who has ever listened to this show, whether you've heard one episode, or all 200, we love you so much!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're playing one of our favorite and funniest parlor games, Utter Nonsense - the game where we have to sing a ridiculous phrase to the tune of a Kpop song. That's all there is to it and it's really fun and hilarious. Please enjoy. See you next week for episode 200! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

C'mon we saved you a seat in the time machine, let's keep with tradition and check out the Kpop scene 20 years ago. This week we're covering the first 6 months of 2002 and all the popular music releases we could find. We've got a lot of music that sounds super familiar in ways we can't place, and singers that um... struggle with live singing in a way we have yet to see in these episodes. As well as assorted news including lost pets, drug scandals, dating, rough injuries, and some very strange PR choices. Strap in for a long episode of laughs and watch along with our playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-8Wdlv0O5P7oyQGJ6I4i1Astawz-4M4t See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raise a glass and let's say farewell to NU'EST while simultaneously learning everything about them. That's right, today's episode is a bittersweet deep dive into NU'EST, recorded on, and in honor of, their official disbandment day. We've got 10 years of NU'EST to cover, from their beginnings as the first boy group at Pledis, to bringing Kpop to often skipped parts of the globe. And how a last ditch shot on a reality competition leads to Waiting, and finally making it to deserved acclaim. Tune in for some incredible bops and a lot of sadness that's all gotta end so soon. You did well NU'EST!!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.